Chapter 1318 The Grudges Between Ji Feng and Anthony
4-3!
The Celtics were defeated by the Magic 3-2 at their home court at North Shore Garden, and it was also announced that the Celtics would be eliminated from the Eastern Conference Finals.
On this night, loss and frustration were written on the faces of every Celtics soldier. Rivers squatted on the sidelines, holding a tactical board in his hand. On it was what they did not play in this game. Pierce was unwilling to give in. He stood on the court for a long time with his waist pierced, while Rondo collapsed on the bench and covered his face with a towel. He didn't want others to see his tears falling.
They had to work hard throughout the series. They used up all their ammunition. Perkins even played injured in the last three games. They were once very close to victory. Pierce was close to proving that the Celtics were without Garnett. They were still only one game away, but one step away was a world away. They were still overwhelmed by the magic that was shining all over the place.
After the regrettable defeat in last season's finals, the Celtics once again failed on their way to the championship. The Green Army's championship dream has not yet been realized.
The reason for the failure was predicted a few months ago. As Ji Feng said, the Green Army was actually one Garnett away from victory.
Throughout these seven games, many people will think that the winner is Warcraft Howard. However, in fact, Green Kai's defensive end is remarkable, especially the defense against Howard, Green Kai Perkins and Davis. These two black and tough players made Howard extremely frustrated on the offensive end. He only scored 20 points in two of the seven games. Only the Green Army in the entire Eastern Conference could do this, and this was accomplished without Garnett.
However, something happened. Without Garnett, the Magic's fourth position was crazy, especially Lewis. He was the biggest contributor to the Magic's victory, averaging 20.4 points per game, shooting 45.5% from the field and 6.3 rebounds. With 3.0 assists, he is still the highest scorer of both teams per game. Pierce only has 18.9 points and Ray Allen has only 13.1 points.
With Garnett absent, Lewis faced Big Baby Davis, who could pull the ball to a mid-range shot position and hit Big Baby. The slow-moving Big Baby had no choice but to let Lewis shoot his glorious moment in the playoffs. It was the most brilliant series of Lewis's playoff career.
Without Garnett, the offensive end lacks Garnett's stable output and can only rely on Rondo and Big Baby to play pick-and-rolls. With Pierce and Ray Allen playing in isolation, the offensive end is fragmented, but the Magic have a top-notch defense. Players such as Howard, Gortat, Pietrus and Courtney Lee made it very frustrating for the Green Kai generals to score.
The lack of both offense and defense is the distance between a wolf king. Although basketball is a collective sport, sometimes the role of stars is so huge. It is no wonder that after the game, Pierce said unwillingly: "If there is Kevin , we will win.”
The Magic media and team from top to bottom ignored all the statements of the Green Army. There are no ifs in this world. If you win, you will win. Who wants to listen to the cry of a loser? They just want to enjoy the joy of promotion now. .
This is the Magic's return to the Eastern Conference Finals after 14 years. The last time was during the era of Shaq O'Neal. At that time, they not only entered the Eastern Conference Finals, but also reached the Finals.
At this time, many fans began to compare this Magic with the original Magic, and the local media in Orlando began to spread rumors that the Magic would return to the Finals!
The Cavaliers fans who had been waiting for the Eastern Conference Finals for a long time immediately responded, saying that Warcraft's journey has come to an end now, and told Warcraft to relax and go back to his hometown to fish in four more games.
There are also Cavaliers fans who raised "23VS24" banners on the streets to mock the Magic, which means that in the Cavaliers' story, Magic is just a stepping stone.
The power of this banner is comparable to the sentence "I am already studying my opponent in the finals", so he also successfully angered Howard, who was already very emotional. At this time, Howard had just defeated the Green Army and was in the spotlight. Of course he was very angry when he saw that the outside world was optimistic about the Cavaliers, so he directly told the media that he wanted to give the Cavaliers some color during the game.
In comparison, James is as gentle as ever, but he can't hide his dominance. When asked who is the most dominant player in the Eastern Conference, he chose himself without hesitation and believed that he has the ability to lead the team to victory.
"You know, we've only lost two home games this season, so this will be no different," James said.
Howard and James are facing each other. The two biggest cards in the Eastern Conference are facing each other. If this follows the past rhythm, it will not attract countless fans and media to stop. But at this time, when Howard opened the Internet with joy, he wanted to see When the outside world evaluates and compares him and James, they find that it is not them who attract the most attention, but the pair of old enemies next door!
Ji Feng and Anthony!
This is a group of opponents in the Western Conference Finals!
It is no problem to describe these two people as old enemies. The feud between Ji Feng and Anthony can start from the first time Ji Feng entered the league.
When Ji Feng first entered the league, he was still an unknown little player. He came to the Grizzlies with the reputation of being the number one high school student in China. He played a few preseason games and just made his mark. At that time, people said that Ji Feng might He is the most promising Asian perimeter player.
But Anthony doesn't care. Compared with Ji Feng, Anthony definitely entered the league with a golden key. He was a member of the 2003 golden generation. He was already famous all over the United States in high school. He was MOP of Syracuse University, NCAA champion, and the rookie led the team to the playoffs. game, entered the playoffs for three consecutive years, and represented the United States in the Olympics in 2004... When Ji Feng was nothing, Anthony was already one of the strongest small forwards in the Western Conference. Compared with Ji Feng, he was definitely One in the sky and one on the earth.
Even Anthony himself could not have imagined that this guy who had never caught his eye when he entered the league would become his biggest opponent in the Western Conference.
When the two met for the first time, they went toe-to-toe with Mai Mang. Ji Feng faced Anthony and had the best battle of his career at that time. In the subsequent encounters, Anthony did not get any advantage and was suppressed by Ji Feng most of the time. And Ji Feng also started to shine in his rookie season. Record after record and honor were obtained by Ji Feng for free. Anthony, the star of hope, was completely surpassed by Ji Feng before he could react.
By the time Anthony felt it, Ji Feng had already overtaken him to become the All-Star starter, and the title of No. 1 small forward in the Western Conference naturally belonged to Ji Feng.
What's even worse is that since Anthony met Ji Feng, he has lost 7 and won 1 in 8 regular season games, been swept 4-0 in the playoffs, won 1 and lost 1 in the Olympics, but the one he lost was the most important Olympic final...
From being a proud man to being defeated and defeated, God knows how complicated Anthony's mood is. To be honest, the one person Anthony wants to defeat most is definitely Ji Feng, no one else.
And this time, they finally met again in the playoffs, and this time, unlike last season, the two of them met in the Western Conference Finals. Isn't this the best opportunity to prove themselves!